Queen of Atlantis (1932) [N/A]
Release Date:
June 28, 1932
Original Title:
Die Herrin von Atlantis
Alternate Titles:
Antinea
Antinea, l’amante della città sepolta
Atlantida
Atlantis, City Beneath the Desert
Atlantis, i hameni ipeiros
Journey Beneath the Desert
Lost Kingdom
Queen of Atlantis
Siren of Atlantis
Genres:
Fantasy | Science Fiction
Production Countries:
France | Germany
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 87
Two young officers, Saint-Avit and Morhange, get lost in the desert and find themselves prisoners of the beautiful Antinéa, queen of the city of Atlantis. Saint-Avit, blinded by his love for her, obeys her when she orders him to kill his comrade... With L’Atlantide, Pabst offers a psychoanalytic reading of Benoit’s novel, with a dominant female figure who enslaves her lovers before destroying them. The film’s fantasy dimension is disturbing, L’Atlantide bathes in a humid nightmare atmosphere, between the desperate search for a missing friend and the apparitions of an underworld lost in the desert. A long, discursive flashback suggests the Parisian origins of Antinéa, born from the marriage between Clémentine, a pretty, light-thighed French Cancan dancer, and an Arab prince seduced during a theatrical performance. But again, it's impossible to know whether these are the ramblings of an old alcoholic or the strange truth.